Job title: Test Manager - Identity and Access Location: London (Hybrid) Contract: 3 to 6 monthsThe Test Manager will lead the end-to-end testing strategy for Identity and Access Management initiatives, covering multiple workstreams including Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Remote Access. The role is accountable for ensuring that testing provides confidence in third-party delivered solutions, supports business readiness through effective UAT, and assures access controls across people and platforms. The Test Manager will operate across complex IAM landscapes involving directories, identity platforms, and access technologies, working closely with engineering teams, security, business stakeholders, and external suppliers. Key ResponsibilitiesDefine and own the Identity - Access Control test strategy across multiple parallel workstreams (e.g. Privileged Access, Remote Access).Establish and govern test approaches, standards, and entry/exit criteriaaligned to security, risk, and compliance expectations.Assure third-party testing activities, assuring quality, coverage, and evidence provided by vendors and delivery partners.Plan, organise, and manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT), ensuring business scenarios, privilege identity lifecycles, and access outcomes are validated.Oversee integration and end-to-end testingacross identity sources, directories, access platforms, and downstream systems.Manage test environments, data readiness, defe